Barrow made changes to his line-up for the first-round clash against Boston United, a 3-0 victory for the Dragons, and the manager revealed the Trophy is the perfect chance to give some his new recruits more time to find their feet.

“It gives us a chance to experiment, because we’ve not all season come up with a Plan B once the starting system doesn’t work,” said Barrow.

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“That has triggered something in your head, let’s have a look at something. Have we got three at the back in the club? Have we got midfielders who can break from deep, do we go with the more orthodox 4-4-2?

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With both sides competing at the top end of the standings, Orient sitting top of the National League with Wrexham in fourth only four points behind, Barrow was surprised at the decision from their opponents.

He added: “I don’t know, we are a bit mystified, considering where both teams are.